2. •The article Cystics Endometrial Hyperplasia in
Algerian Goats and Ewes is ridden by Benhaib
Fatima.
• The article is about cysts endometrial hyperplasia
and the way it is discovered in slaughtered goats and
ewes.
• Cysts are in the uterine walls and those cystys
hyperplasia with subsequent infertility has been
reported in animals grazing on pasture legumes in
with high estrogenic activity.
3. Materials and methods
•Ten uterine samples of goats and ewes having
prominent lesions were collected from Tiaret abattoir.
•Samples were brought to the laboratory and tissue of
affected samples were fixed in 10 percent
formalin, routinely processed and embedded in
paraffin wax.
4. In ewes
•Grossly, the tumor surfaces were smooth and the
incised surfaces consisted predomantly of cysts of
varied size .The uterine wall was thick and spongy.
•Some submucosal cysts bulged into the lumen of
uterus.
•Microscopically, cystic dilation of the endometrial
glands and an increase of their number were observed.
5. •The endometrium was infiltrated by viable and
degenerate neutrophils, lymphocytes, and plasma cells
admixed with little cellular debris and was expanded by
many irregular cystic and hyperplastic glands.
• The glands were lined by either normal, hyperplastic
or attenuated epithelium.
6. In Goats
•Grossly, three large follicles were present on the
right ovary and two in the left one. (Apart from their
greater size, the follicular cysts were difficult to
distinguish from normal follicles).
• The absence of corpus lutea in the ovaries was
noted. The uterus was edematous and flabby. The
cervix was enlarged and contained tough gray-white
mucus.
7. •Histopathological examination of ten uterine
samples of slaughtered goats and ewes revealed two
cases of cystic endometrial hyperplasia.
•Endometrial hyperplasia with subsequent infertility
has been reported in animals grazing on pasture
legumes with high estrogenic activity.
•Histologically, these cysts were irregular and
variably sized and shaped endometrial glands had a
single lining of flat epithelial cells and contained
necrotic debris, a condition has been related to
hyperestrogenism in goats.
8. •Histopathological examination of ten uterine samples of slaughtered
goats and ewes revealed two cases of cystic endometrial hyperplasia. It
was associated to granulosa cell tumor in sheep and cystic ovarian
degeneration in goat.
•Histologically, these cysts were irregular and variably sized and shaped
endometrial glands had a single lining of flat epithelial cells and contained
necrotic debris, a condition has been related to hyperestrogenism in
goats.
•When ewes were not grazing there was presence of macroscopic cysts in
the uterus or cervix of (32.7% of the samples). Uterine or cervical cysts
and squamous metaplasia or goblet cell hyperplasia of the epithelium
were observed in 76% of ewe uterine.
•Cystic ovarian degeneration in goats of Algeria was associated with
granulosa cell tumor.
